Samsung Galaxy S3 overtakes Apple iPhone

The fight between Samsung Galaxy S3 and Apple iPhone seems to be a never-ending affair. It was a sort of victory for Samsung for the third quarter. For a brief while, it was the Samsung product that proved to be the Smartphone model with the highest sells in the world, overtaking Apple.

The Smartphone from Samsung go the better of iPhone 4 as well as 4S as far as the sales are concerned. However, with the iPhone 5 doing extremely well in the markets all over the world, the cushioning Samsung has secured might not last too long. Apple is certain to bounce back with their latest Smartphone.

The sales figures for the Apple device are humongous. Until Q3, the company had sold around 6 million units worldwide. Keeping that in mind, the sales of the Apple gadget are likely to overtake Samsung’s Galaxy S3 anytime during the fourth quarter.

If things fall as expected, the title of the most popular and well-accepted Smartphone will go to Apple.

In five months, Samsung sells 30 million Galaxy S III phones

The launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III phone has proved to be one of the strongest competitors to Apple’s iPhone 5. If the reports and the sources are to be believed, Samsung has sold 30 million Galaxy SIII phones in five months flat. The sales have made the phone one of the most sold phones in the world now.
When the Apple iPhone 5 was launched, it took just three days to sell five million iPhone 5 devices for the company.

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Samsung, that has become the highest phone producer in the world, brought the phone out in the month of May. It was very early and in fact, well within time as the company had started to ship the latest and the newest version of the phone.

If the sales of this version are compared with the previous one, the sales of the Galaxy S III are faster and higher as far as the volume of time is concerned. The difference in the time slab is about nine months. That is a huge difference in the world of Smartphones and technology.

It took about 14 months for the Galaxy S II to reach the figure of 30 million sales. In the period from July to September, Samsung sold about 56.3 million Smartphones versus as against 26.9 million units from Apple. The figures are curtsey IDC – a research firm.

India welcomes iPhone 5; many more Smartphones expected

The day finally dawned on the Indian horizon as the day for the launch of the Apple iPhone 5. We had carried out the news about the launch of the Apple phone a few days back along with the price tags for the Indian market. Telecom operators like Aircel and Airtel announced the launch of the phone with various offers to attract more customers.

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Aircel offered their customers plans to pay installments in one year. On the other hand, Airtel had offers of five monthly plans which were accompanied by discounted rates. The response to the sales would only be known in a day’s time when some concrete data is available.

The iPhone 5 – one of the most hyped products of Apple, was originally launched on September 21.

However, the launch of Apple iPhone 5 is not the only gadget to look up to for the Indian customers. There are lots of other Smartphones that are staring at a launch in India soon. Among the new launch of Smartphones include, HTC Smartphones that are built on the Microsoft’s Windows platform.

Karbonn and Lava are the other two companies that will soon be launching their Smartphones for the Indian market as well.

iPhone 5 to cost Rs. 45,500 in India

As a follow-up to our earlier report about the launch of the iPhone5 news update, here is the latest news. The Apple iPhone 5 is expected to cost about Rs. 45,500.  There are two official distributors of the Apple gadgets in India, namely Ingram Micro and Redington India.

It is Redington India that has come up with the prices of the Apple gadget. According to the distributing company, the basic version – the 16GB version will cost Rs. 45,500.  If you wish to go for higher capacity phones, the prices are Rs. 52,500 for the 32GB version and Rs. 59,500 for the 64GB version.

Both versions of the phone – the black and the white are likely to be up for sale this coming Friday. Saholic and Infibeam – the online retailers have begun to accept the preorders for the phones. To book your phone now, you will have to pay Rs. 5000 for the basic version.

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iPhone 5 to hit Indian markets on November 2

After making millions of sales all over, Apple’s iPhone 5 is all set to make a grand entry in the Indian markets come next Friday. On November 2, the Apple gadget will be up for sale in retail stores in India. Are you interested in buying the device? Well, you will still have to wait for some more days.

But the wait is not until the phone launches. It is about the price tag. Apple has not yet made it public as to what price the phone will be sold for the Indian customers. So until the price tag is finalized, which will soon be, there is nothing one can decide about the iPhone 5 – to buy or not.

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But as the craze for the Apple products is so high, there should not be a problem for the customers going for the iPhone 5. The two official Apple distributors in India – Ingram Micro and Redington India will be supplying the phones to various retailers all over the country.

40 cities across India will see the launch of the iPhone 5. The phone that Apple has built on an A6 chip is twice faster than the A5 chip, which came in the last version of the iphone.

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Apple comes up with the biggest Asia store

After the grand success of Apple iPhone 5, the company has come up with their biggest store in the Asia region. The new store is located in Beijing. The store is a three-storey building. There were hundreds of people in the complex. There is no doubt that the US company is not underestimating China in any way and gives it the importance it deserves.

The store falls on the shopping street at Wangfujing and is spread across a whopping 24,750 sq. feet (2300 sq. meters). It should be noted that after their home country, Apple seen China as the second biggest market. No wonder, they do have the largest store there. Let us not forget the fact that Apple had to face criticism for their conditions the way products are manufactured in China.

When the store opened on Saturday morning at 0100 GMT, the entire building was quickly flooded with customers. That is not all; there were about 100 people who were patiently waiting for their turn to enter the new store. The new store is the official store of the company and is the sixth in mainland China.

The popularity of Apple and Apple products was experienced in the recent past when people literally jostled to grab the latest Smartphone from the company.